August, 2022

• 23 August

  Manga app seeks 2023 IPO in Tokyo at $6 billion value

  

  Bloomberg South Korean messaging giant Kakao Corp.’s manga business is pushing back plans to go public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange until next year, aiming for a valuation of $6 billion or more. Manga app operator Kakao Piccoma Corp had previously planned an initial public offering (IPO) for this December, but is delaying the process amid slumping tech valuations, according ...

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• 23 August

  European buyers snapping up most Russian crude since April

  

  ­­­Bloomberg Russia’s crude shipments surged last week, recovering almost all of the previous slump. Seaborne exports to European buyers rose to the highest level since April, as some refiners continue to process barrels, even after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Total flows rise to 3.41 million barrels a day in the period to August 19, vessel-tracking data monitored by Bloomberg show. ...

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• 23 August

  UK energy bills for average household to hit $4,200 a year

    Bloomberg British households will see the average energy bill soar to $4,200 a year in October when the UK next raises a cap on prices, according to consultancy Cornwall Insight Ltd. The forecast confirms other recent estimates that bills will rise about 80% this winter compared with prices in April. Surging wholesale natural gas prices following Russia’s invasion of ...

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• 23 August

  Citigroup struggled to monitor UK traders reaping $3.1 billion

  

    Bloomberg In 2017, after Citigroup Inc had paid billions of dollars in fines for rigging interest rates, manipulating currency markets and selling shoddy mortgage bonds, the Wall Street giant was still struggling to keep tabs on traders in London. Managers overseeing Citigroup’s European trading hub had hundreds of blind spots, allowing for potentially abusive transactions to go unnoticed in ...

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• 23 August

  India RBI staff warns against rushed sale of state-run banks

  

    Bloomberg Rushing to sell Indian state-run lenders to private investors may hinder the government’s financial inclusion efforts and monetary policy transmission, staff at the country’s central bank warned. “A big bang approach of privatization of these banks may do more harm than good,” wrote staff including, Snehal Herwadkar, in a research paper. The report recommended a gradual approach to ...

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• 23 August

  ECB to limit interest-rate hikes to 2022 only: HSBC

  

    Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) will stop hiking interest rates after the end of 2022, when a euro-area recession and easing price pressures will restrain monetary-policy tightening, according to HSBC. Cuts to Russian natural gas supplies and resulting surges in energy costs will drive inflation higher than previously expected, to a peak of 10% in October, HSBC economists ...

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• 23 August

  Pakistan names former deputy as central bank head to aid economy

  

    Bloomberg Pakistan appointed a former central banker to head the monetary authority as the nation contends with one of Asia’s fastest inflation rates and faltering foreign currency reserves. Jameel Ahmad, a former deputy governor will now head the State Bank of Pakistan for a term of five years, according to a statement of the finance ministry. He will replace ...

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• 23 August

  South Korea’s KakaoBank drops to record

    Bloomberg Shares of KakaoBank Corp., a South Korean online-only lender, tumbled 8.2% to a record low after one of its key shareholders raised $320 million in a block trade. Kookmin Bank offered about 14.8 million shares in a club deal, according to terms of the deal obtained by Bloomberg News. The lender sold shares at 28,704 won each, a ...

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• 23 August

  African bank’s unit sees home loans booming in Kenya

  

    Bloomberg Stanbic Bank Kenya Ltd., a unit of Africa’s biggest lender by assets, forecasts its mortgage business in the nation to surge as the economy recovers from the pandemic and the end of presidential elections brings political stability. The unit of South Africa’s Standard Bank group Ltd says it’s Kenya’s second-largest mortgage lender and demand for the product is ...

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• 23 August

  ING beats estimates

    Bloomberg ING Groep NV reported second-quarter profit that beat analyst estimates after freeing up provisions for its shrinking business in Russia. Net income of 1.18 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in the three months through June compared with expectations for profit of 1.07 billion euros. , according to a statement by the Dutch lender on Thursday. Loan loss provisions of ...

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